Support for Local Radio Freedom Act Broadens

Two Senators, three Representatives added as co-sponsors of pro-radio resolution

WASHINGTON, DC -- Three Members of House of Representatives and two Senators have added their names to the list of co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, a resolution that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local broadcast radio stations. The resolution now has 154 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and 13 in the Senate.

Adding their support for the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House are Reps. Jeff Duncan (SC-3), Steven Palazzo (MS-4) and Lynn Westmoreland (GA-3). Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC) and David Vitter (R-LA) are the new cosponsors of the resolution in the Senate.

Reps. Michael Conaway (R-TX) and Gene Green (D-TX) are the principal sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act (H. Con. Res. 17) in the House of Representatives. Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) are the principal sponsors of the companion resolution (S. Con. Res. 4) in the Senate.

"Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over-the-air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings," reads the Local Radio Freedom Act.

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